New Virginia Sheng brush

Every badger I have owned has been a lather hog. I like the feel of my Thater but would rather have my synthetics if I had to choose.

Did that ever change for your Badgers? Like when boars have broken in and no longer eats so much lather?

There was a bit of a break in on the Simpsons Colonel I owned, but my Thater 3 band was good from day 1. I only owned those two and two cheaper badgers, and I sold all but the Thater and ordered the DFS Nathan Clark in Envy White. So as you can see I haven't owned a lot of badgers, but the ones I have owned have hogged lather. The Thater is great for the first pass but then holds on to the lather for the remaining passes. I always load a lot of soap very gently, lightly splay it on my face during lathering, and use more paintbrush strokes, which helps a little but it still hogs on the second and third passes. Maybe it's me, but I don't have this problem with any of my synthetics.

The only badger brush I have is the SOC and it does the same thing. It seems like all the lather gets pushed to the base of the knot and stays there. But like you said, I also compensate by loading heavy (usually do that anyway). I can also agree with celestino that it just takes some getting used to. If you want to have the variety of using different brushes, you'll have to deal with each ones characteristics and little quirks.

If you are referring to the brush being a lather-hog, then a 22mm knot shouldn't really retain that much lather. It is quite easy to coax it out of the knot with a few purposeful paint-brush strokes when applying it to the face.
I have never tried that particular brush, but all of my brushes are very large 26mm + and I have no issues with them releasing lather. You just need to acclimatize yourself to each brush's characteristics to get the best out of them.  

By the way, no photos of the brush?  

How do you guys post photos on forums?

Btw the brush she'd like 10 strands today, beginning to get a little concerned. Tsk.

Make sure you click on the button to open the full editor, if you are not already there.  The full editor is the one with the tool bar across the top.  Then follow these directions that andrewjs18 posted last year in the Forum FAQ thread: http://damnfineshave.com/thread-how-to-p...n-the-site.  If you have any other questions, please ask.

Excellent, thank you sir

The Italian Barber Synthetic $9.00 brush is an outstanding bargain and is very easy to lather, dries quickly and always seems to come back looking new. That's my opinion and I am unanimous in that!!!